144 A severe geomagnetic storm has arrived at Earth, with conditions reaching G4 (severe) levels, South Africa’s National Space Agency (Sansa) has confirmed, following its warning earlier this week of heightened space-weather…
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South Africa’s new fibre broadband battle
149 Uncapped fibre internet for R5/day? It’s a reality in parts of South Africa as broadband providers push affordable fibre into communities long underserved by traditional fixed-line networks. What was once the…
Ithala payouts on track: Over R1 billion processed in 29 days
169 National Treasury has allocated a total of R2.2 billion to refund Ithala customers. More than R1 billion has been processed to Ithala customers within 29 days, representing 50% of the total…
Closure of BAT shows how illicit economy is killing jobs – 35 000 of them
150 The numbers show that the illicit cigarette economy exploded from one-third to three-quarters of the cigarette market since 2019. If the closure of BAT does not convince people that the illicit…
Icasa to target Sentech with tougher broadcast pricing rules
156 The Sentech television broadcasting tower in Auckland Park, Johannesburg Communications regulator Icasa has published draft regulations that will, when introduced, significantly tighten oversight of Sentech’s terrestrial broadcasting signal distribution business, formally…
Why South Africa’s internet boom isn’t driving an economic boom
157 Net Nine Nine CEO Albert Oosthuysen Despite global trends showing a correlation between higher internet penetration rates and GDP growth, South Africa’s high internet penetration has failed to translate into robust…
Sanral board term extended … again
162 Outa says this is negative for governance at the roads agency. The term of the board of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) – which is three years – has…
Sansa warns of severe solar storm risk in next 24 hours
147 The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has warned that geomagnetic storm activity is expected to intensify over the next 24 hours following a powerful solar eruption that sent a cloud…
trust is the first step to generative AI ROI
165 Executives do not need another pep talk about artificial intelligence. They need proof that their investment will pay off without exposing the organisation to risks they cannot defend. The latest global…
South Africa stopped growing in 2009
151And has been underperforming average global growth for 15 years. Things are looking a lot brighter at the start of 2026 than they have in easily the past five years. Eskom is…